Quote, no other option but to step back from royal duties. And were going to hear from senator Chuck Schumer. The House Democrats, who will prosecute the case in the senate, have been here all weekend on capitol hill. We got the first sense on how theyre planning to lay out their case. Both the democrats and republicans filing paper briefs. Those arguments are spread out across 120 pages. We can sums are them for you in about 60 seconds. The president withheld hundreds of millions in military aid to an ally at war with russia, withheld a meeting the president of ukraine sought with his adversary in order to force ukraine to help them cheat. The articles of impeachment are two noncriminal actions, namely obstruction of congress and abuse of power. Even if all the evidence is laid out through the weekend, the stage has literally been set with staff moving big screen tvs on stands, pushing in tables, making room for the legal teams and wiring for video and computers. And still, the process for all of this, is very much in question, including how long the trial is going to last and how long each day of testimony will go. That proposal will look similar to 24 hours of presentation by the house managers over two days. Then 24 hours of presentation by the president s team over two days. And 16 hours of questions submitted by the members in writing to the chief justice. Thats right. Starting tuesday we could see 12hour days of opening statements. And then theres the question of witnesses. The House Judiciary Committee is sending over an abundance of new material in the form of lev parnass personal documents and his selfie folder. So many in the president s orbit of knowing what he was up to. Here with me politics editor for the daily beast. Sam stein. And josh letterman. Senior Washington News correspondent and nmsnbc contributor, beverly atkins. And former assistant director for counterintelligence msnbc analyst. Welcome all. Sam stein, let me start with you for the big picture. Because were on the verge of a historic week on capitol hill. I feel like as weve learned more about how the president s team is approaching this, the two sides could not be farther apart and its clear were setting the stage for political theater. 12 hours of political theater per day too much for everyone. I dont think anyone wants that. Can you imagine chief Justice Roberts . They might not want 12hour days to be honest with you. It is remarkable how stable politically this all has been in the midst of how radical, from an evidentiary standpoint its been. You still see the same arguments being levelled by both sides, even as all this new stuff comes forward from lev parnas and others. Whats struck me honestly and this is consistent throughout is not what the new material is. But what hasnt come forward. Through it all, as far as i can tell, not been exonerating evidence put forwrtd ward by Th Administration and the white house. Theyve had months to say hold on, we need look at this element of the ukrainian aid were sending and we dont have any paper whatsoever. At this point youre thinking you would see that. I think that, itself, is the more damming element. We know each camp is going to its side. And it is remarkably different from evenen the clinton impeachment trial rubric. This is really, i think while, yes, this is the argument for the hungry people in the room. This is a chance for the house managers to speak to the American Public. Weve heard nancy pelosi talk about bringing them along as a driving force. And this is the first chance adam schiff is in the spotlight that he has to lay out this case in a way that potentially millions will watch and be convinced by or not. What is the task at hand for him . And do you think there might be people moved by the case he has to make . Its also the ulothers that have been appointed as well. Two new household names. One is Hakeem Jeffries and you think that lower tier did an incredeble good job during the time in the second go round of all this. I think theyre going to stick to the game plan right now. That is to present the facts as was developed through both the intel and judiciary committee. Theres been no exculpatory evidence laid out to exonerate the president in any way shape or form. I think this will be a madefortv event with all the lawyers coming in, whether its ken starr the only thing missing is Johnny Cochran and the glove. Just like donald trump was made for television. This is an extension of his television career. Its all come down to this week. And to that very point, thats partly how donald trump beat Hillary Clinton in 2016. Does that give him an edge going to the impeachment trial . Its a tall order to go against somebody who has so much experience building that kind of an argument in public. The president clearly thinks so. Its clear from what people have been telling us is this is all about the process. This is all about the messaging. Normally they send their answers saturday to the impeachment charges. And usually there is a legal argument in there. And it was not. It was pure attack on the process. Saying the democrats are trying to undue an election. All political messaging. And donald trump is picking the lawyers who are television lawyers, who he has seen and liked. Their messaging on this. Thats how they see it, i think. Its not about siting cases or precedent or anything. This is a kind of battle he wants, not just these lawyers but the republicans who are backing him on the hill, to wage. I can imagine there are some people out there watching, listening to that, i take it. But its a little cynical to say we have this process steeped in history designed to be a trial with a fair jury. If you take kimberleys argument, and i think its a valid one, none of it matters. They dont have to go into all of nat. Theres not a strong prospect theres a vote at the end of this where they get a majority. So why dredge up all of this stuff . Its all a sham. The president completely denies any culpability. There was a moment as we watched the senators being sworn in where it felt different than what happened in the house. It felt more solemn and somehow less Like Team Red and blue slinging mud from both sides. And i guess the question is whether theres any sense of that continuing . Whether the senate, whos historically been able to do that, Smaller Group of people, less of the fringes from both sides, maintain a sense of here we are, as opposed to both parties taking pot shots at each other. Youre shaking your head. I think we have enough to be incredibly cynical about this. Youre the white house, right . The first time this call becomes public transcript, the initial reaction is well, if theres a quid pro quo, thats pretty bad. And then you have your chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney say, darn right there was a quid pro quo and Gordon Sondland say there was a quid pro quo and the republicans say maybe its not so bad. If youre the white house, of course youre feeling confident and dont feel you need to get into the weeds of the law. You can make public presentations. Because you have a Political Party that almost uniformly will back him up. Could the solemnity of it all weigh on them . Sure. I just dont see a scenario in which theres ever that type of vote. And more importantly whether theres a Silver Bullet break through that convinced the republican law makers. The big question has been the new evidence from lev parnas. And in his interview, parnas named quite a few household names. President trump knew exactly what was going on. I wouldnt do anything without the consent of Rudy Giuliani or the president. Attorney general barr was basically on the team. Mr. Bolton was definitely involved in the loop because of the firing of marie yovanovitch. Do you know if Vice President pence was aware of the quid pro quo, of the trade and that is why his inaugural visit was called off . Im going to use a famous quote by mr. Sondland, everybody was in the loop. And the president and Vice President have said they dont know parnas. The attorney general called the claims 100 false. Frank, weigh in here on how you see parnas as part of this. Because i have to say talking to democrats on capitol hill, while some are interested in knowing what parnas has, they want to see that evidence, they actually do have questions about his credibility as a witness. Whats your take on that . In case of the clip you just played, portrays why parnas would make an excellent witness and why hell probably never be called. This is a rabbit hole i dont think anybody wants to go down, particularly the republican members of the senate. Hes got records you cannot ignore. Hes implicating pompeo and barr and Vice President pence. And hes one step away from the president portraying himself as an emsary of the white house through giuliani. So, hes not going away. One purpose he serves is to set up this stark contrast were about to see this week. The stark contrast between senator whose dont want any witnesses and who are going to defend the president by saying what he did isnt impeachable. And then the democrats are going to say wait a minute, weve got facts on our side. And Alan Dershowitz who said when i dont have the facts, i play to the media. So, were going to have a media circish from the republicans and the democrats saying no, we have facts. This whole fight is go to tooking going to ensue whether were held to what the house held before christmas. And questions about what is going to sink in. Youve got new reporting on parnas. In the past few days, we had the combination of him coming forward, implicating people. He brought receipts. Thousands of pages of encrypted Text Messages, document said, photographs. A lot of them showing how involved he was and the president acting Rudy Giuliani acting with the president s knowledge and consent was the phrase that was used in a letter from giuliani to president zelensky. And in addition to that, we had a whole additional story line about potential monitoring and surveillance about ambassador yovanovitch thats raised alarm bells on who was surrounding lev parnas. Weve got investigations in two countries into what happened there. One of the things this has done is put this on two tracks. Because were going to have a senate trial playing out, based largely on the evidence from last year and at the same time new details coming out, even as the senate trial is happening. Is any of that going to sway senators . Its going to continue to thrust the details into spotlight as we get close and closer to the president s reelection in november. And lets just say its part of the calculus for republican whose want to push this through. Now for something completely different. Prince harry is speaking publicly for the First Time Since his exit from the royal family. This is big news on the royal front, which is why were covering it for you. It happened at a speech in a Charity Event where he told the crowd he and his wife, meghan markle, were left with, quote, no other option. And joining me is matt bradley, who we often see in war zones across the globe covering very serious, intense news. But who is at buckingham palace. Im sure this is everything you dreamed of covering. I love meghan markle. So ive been covering every twist and turn in the story. Reporter its a pleasure a classy place. Tonight we had another classy event. Prince harry was addressing a charity he himself founded 14 years ago to help children affected by hiv in subsaharan africa. Now the prince gets a say. I must say i can only imagine what you may have heard. Reporter in his first Public Comments since splitting with the royal family. I want you to hear the truth from me, as much as i can share, not as a prince or a duke, but as harry. Reporter the prince telling the audience he and his wife had planned for a more private life. The decision i have made for my wife and i to step back is not one i made lightly. It was so many months of talks after so many years of challenges and i know i havent always got it right but as far as this right, there really was no other option. Reporter torn between a desire for privacy and an obligation for duty. What i want to make clear is were not walking away and we certainly arent walking away from you. Our hope was to continue serving the queen, the commonwealth and my military associations but without public funding. Unfortunately, that wasnt possible. Reporter invoking the memory of his late mother, princess dianna. When i lost my mom, you took me under your wing and looked out for me for so long but the media is a powerful force. My hope is one day our collective support can be more powerful because this is so much bigger than just us. Reporter a step forward for his own young family. Together you have given me an education about living and this role has taught me more about what is right and just than i could ever have imagined. We are taking a leap of faith, so thank fruio giving this courage to take this next step. Reporter and he said something thats been on the minds of a lot of brits here. He said britain is a country he loves a place that will always be his home. Kasie. Matt bradley, thank you very much. We look forwrard to welcoming yu to nofrgt america. Pqts and it appears they are not in lock step on everything in the case. Also coming up, senator mazie hirono and that they got a better briefing on the drone strike on Qassem Soleimani. 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And ken starr was at baylor when he mishandled an inquiry on Football Players. And potentially running for president in 1999, quote, starrs a freak. I bet heigate somethi got somet closet. Good to have you, as always. We talked a little bit earlier about the Trump Legal Team and how were squarely made for television. And really aimed at helping everybody relive that period of time in the 90s that the president did over and over and over again in 2016, ultimately to the detriment of democrats. And weve been talking about in the show. The president wants a madefortv team, household names. People hes seen and thinks have been defending him. Says a lot of positive things about these players recently. Theres obviously the senators in the actual trial. But hes also thinking more broadly about this as hes running for reelection on how hes messaging this to the American Country and push this idea hes being purse kuersecut this is an unfair case. Can you talk about ken starr for a second. I mean, what are we going to get from him . Ive been watching old footage of ken starr. The americans the president needs to convince, does ken starr help that case . Im slightly mystified. Were seeing this as a madefortv legal team. This is a pluckedfromtv legal team. This is who he sees on the air waves and what we get from ken starr is probably what we get from Alan Dershowitz, which is people not privy about the intricacies of the ukrainian mishaps but can make lucid and convincing sounding legal arguments about the constitutionality of it all. If they have that type of debate, have to say its probably better off for them. They can make an argument is it really obstruction . Is it really abuse of power . And you can have these broad, philosophical arguments about the constitution. It becomes trickier when you get in the specifics. And of course Alan Dershowitz and ken starr dont have that much because theyre not the president s actual lawyers. Thats what i expect the be the next couple of days. And is that night kind of the point, that theyre not steeped the in case the democrats are trying to make . The democrats want to blow right past it. At the may be what hes thinking, if athing at all